FIRE DETECTOR HAVING A LIFTING FUNCTION

• US 20080117064A1
• Filed: 01/30/2008
• Published: 05/22/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Jeong-Hun Shin
• Original Assignee: Jeong-Hun Shin
• Inventors: SHIN, Jeong-Hun
• Application Number:
  US12/022,747
• Publication Number:
  US 20080117064A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/577
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 17/10 Actuation by presence of smoke or gases , e.g. automatic alarm devices for analysing flowing fluid materials by the use of optical means
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 17/113 Constructional details

Abstract

A fire detector having a lifting function includes a fixed body fixed to a ceiling of a building, a lifting reel installed to the fixed body to vertically move a wire below the fixed body, and a fire detection unit connected to the wire below the lifting reel and installed to be vertically movable by the lifting reel. The lifting reel includes a drum connected with the wire to wind or unwind the wire by a motor, a lifting body positioned at a lower end of the fixed body and connected with the wire, and a contact terminal formed at an upper end of the lifting body. The contact terminal of the lifting body is contacted with a contact terminal formed at a lower end of the fixed body when the lifting body is completely ascended. The fire detection unit is fixed to the lifting body.

Claims

1. A fire detector having a lifting function, comprising:

a fixed body fixed to a ceiling of a building;

a lifting reel installed to the fixed body to vertically move a wire below the fixed body; and

a fire detection unit connected to the wire below the lifting reel and installed to be vertically movable by the lifting reel.

2. The fire detector having a lifting function according to claim 1, wherein the lifting reel includes:

a drum connected with one end of the wire and capable of winding or unwinding the wire by a motor;

a lifting body positioned at a lower end of the fixed body and connected with the other end of the wire; and

a contact terminal formed at an upper end of the lifting body,

wherein the contact terminal of the lifting body is contacted with a contact terminal formed at a lower end of the fixed body when the lifting body is completely ascended,

wherein the fire detection unit is fixed to a lower portion of the lifting body.

3. The fire detector having a lifting function according to claim 2,

wherein a socket is formed at a lower end of the lifting body, and

wherein the fire detection unit is electrically connected to the contact terminal of the lifting body through the socket when being fixed to the lifting body.

4. The fire detector having a lifting function according to claim 1, further comprising:

a crime prevention unit installed to the fixed body to detect an alien person illegally invading the building and informing a user of the fact.

5. The fire detector having a lifting function according to claim 4, wherein the crime prevention unit includes:

a human detection sensor installed to a lower end of the fixed body to detect an alien person illegally invading the building;

an emergency bell for generating an alarm to give an audible warning to a user in case the human detection sensor detects an alien person illegally invading the building;

a lamp repeatedly turned on and off to give a visible warning to a user in case the human detection sensor detects an alien person illegally invading the building; and

a communication unit for sending a warning message to a phone number set by a user using a wire/wireless communication network in case the human detection sensor detects an alien person illegally invading the building.

6. The fire detector having a lifting function according to claim 5, wherein the crime prevention unit further includes:

a remote controller for wirelessly manipulating all or some components of the crime prevention unit; and

a pilot lamp used for checking from outside that the crime prevention unit is converted into a crime prevention mode by the remote controller.

7. The fire detector having a lifting function according to claim 2,

wherein a fixed plate is installed on the contact terminal of the fixed body, and a spring is installed between the contact terminal of the fixed body and the fixed plate to elastically press the contact terminal of the fixed body downward.

8. The fire detector having a lifting function according to claim 2, further comprising:

a detection sensor installed adjacent to the contact terminal of the fixed body to detect a contact status between the contact terminal of the fixed body and the contact terminal of the lifting body,

wherein, while the lifting body is ascended and contacted with the fixed body, in case the contact status between the contact terminal of the fixed body and the contact terminal of the lifting body is loosed, the motor is driven to additionally ascend the lifting body.

9. The fire detector having a lifting function according to claim 8, further comprising:

an LED (Light Emitting Diode) installed to the lifting body in connection with the contact terminal of the lifting body,

wherein the LED is turned on when power is applied to the fire detection unit, thereby visibly displaying to outside whether the fire detection unit is operating.

10. The fire detector having a lifting function according to claim 2,

wherein the contact terminal of the fixed body is composed of an outer circular terminal and an inner circular terminal, which have concentric shapes with predetermined areas, and

wherein the contact terminal of the lifting body is composed of an outer circular terminal and an inner circular terminal, which have concentric shapes with predetermined areas and are disposed in the same diameter as the contact terminal of the fixed body.

11. The fire detector having a lifting function according to claim 2,

wherein the contact terminal of the fixed body is composed of an outer circular terminal and an inner circular terminal, which have concentric shapes with predetermined areas, and

wherein the contact terminal of the lifting body is composed of an outer circular terminal disposed in the same diameter as the outer circular terminal of the contact terminal of the fixed body having a predetermined area and a small inner terminal disposed in the same diameter as the inner circular terminal of the fixed body.

12. The fire detector having a lifting function according to claim 2,

wherein the contact terminal of the fixed body is composed of an outer circular terminal and an inner circular terminal, which have concentric shapes with predetermined areas, and

wherein the contact terminal of the lifting body is composed of a small outer terminal disposed in the same diameter as the outer circular terminal of the contact terminal of the fixed body and an inner circular terminal disposed in the same diameter as the inner circular terminal of the fixed body and having a predetermined area.

13. The fire detector having a lifting function according to claim 2,

wherein the contact terminal of the fixed body is composed of an outer circular terminal and an inner circular terminal, which have concentric shapes with predetermined areas, and

wherein the contact terminal of the lifting body is composed of a small outer terminal disposed in the same diameter as the outer circular terminal of the contact terminal of the fixed body and a small inner terminal disposed in the same diameter as the inner circular terminal of the fixed body.

14. The fire detector having a lifting function according to claim 2,

wherein the contact terminal of the lifting body is composed of an outer circular terminal and an inner circular terminal, which have concentric shapes with predetermined areas, and

wherein the contact terminal of the fixed body is composed of an outer circular terminal disposed in the same diameter as the outer circular terminal of the contact terminal of the lifting body having a predetermined area and a small inner terminal disposed in the same diameter as the inner circular terminal of the lifting body.

15. The fire detector having a lifting function according to claim 2,

wherein the contact terminal of the lifting body is composed of an outer circular terminal and an inner circular terminal, which have concentric shapes with predetermined areas, and

wherein the contact terminal of the fixed body is composed of a small outer terminal disposed in the same diameter as the outer circular terminal of the contact terminal of the lifting body and an inner circular terminal disposed in the same diameter as the inner circular terminal of the lifting body and having a predetermined area.

16. The fire detector having a lifting function according to claim 2,

wherein the contact terminal of the lifting body is composed of an outer circular terminal and an inner circular terminal, which have concentric shapes with predetermined areas, and

wherein the contact terminal of the fixed body is composed of a small outer terminal disposed in the same diameter as the outer circular terminal of the contact terminal of the lifting body and a small inner terminal disposed in the same diameter as the inner circular terminal of the lifting body.

17. The fire detector having a lifting function according to claim 2,

wherein the contact terminal of the fixed body is composed of an outer circular terminal disposed in a predetermined diameter and having a predetermined area and a small inner terminal disposed in the outer circular terminal, and

wherein the contact terminal of the lifting body is composed of a small outer terminal disposed in the same diameter as the outer circular terminal of the contact terminal of the fixed body and an inner circular terminal disposed in the same diameter as the small inner terminal of the fixed body and having a predetermined area.

18. The fire detector having a lifting function according to claim 2,

wherein the contact terminal of the lifting body is composed of an outer circular terminal disposed in a predetermined diameter and having a predetermined area and a small inner terminal disposed in the outer circular terminal, and

wherein the contact terminal of the fixed body is composed of a small outer terminal disposed in the same diameter as the outer circular terminal of the contact terminal of the lifting body and an inner circular terminal disposed in the same diameter as the small inner terminal of the lifting body and having a predetermined area.

19. The fire detector according to claim 1, wherein the lifting reel includes:

a drum rotated by a motor in a clockwise/counterclockwise direction;

a wire connected to the fire detection unit with one end being fixed to the drum so as to be wound or unwound around the drum;

a fixed roll spaced apart from the drum by a predetermined distance and rotated on a fixed roll shaft to guide the wire while the wire taken-up around the drum is wound or unwound; and

at least two guide rolls arranged between the drum and the fixed roll to guide the wire,

wherein the at least two guide rolls guide the wire substantially perpendicular to the drum while the wire is wound around the drum.

20. The fire detector according to claim 19,

wherein two or three guide rolls are arranged between the drum and the fixed roll, and the guide rolls are rotatably coupled to guide roll shafts respectively and movable in an axial direction on the guide roll shafts.

21. The fire detector according to claim 20,

wherein the guide rolls are composed of a first guide roll and a second guide roll, and the first and second guide rolls are vertically arranged by a predetermined interval.

22. The fire detector according to claim 20,

wherein the guide rolls are composed of a first guide roll and a second guide roll, and the first and second guide rolls the fixed roll are arranged in a zigzag pattern.

23. The fire detector according to claim 20,

wherein the guide rolls are composed of a first guide roll, a second guide roll and a third guide roll, and the first, second and third guide rolls are vertically arranged.

24. The fire detector according to claim 20,

wherein the guide rolls are composed of a first guide roll, a second guide roll and a third guide roll, and the first, second and third guide rolls and the fixed roll are arranged in a zigzag pattern.